Please remember to start over with number 1. Just like we did in Marking Period 1, you may not use the same prompt more than one time in two weeks' time.
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1. Write a “WANTED” add for the antagonist.
2. Describe a character that you would like to meet. This doesn’t mean that you think you would like the character, but that you think the character would be interesting. Then list four questions that you would ask the character.
3. Describe the major conflict and explain whose side you are on.
4. Describe the similarities and differences between the main character and you.
5. Describe the theme (central meaning/message) of your reading.
6. Describe your least favorite character and explain why. Then describe your most favorite character and explain why.
7. Do any of the characters’ feelings change as you’ve read? Explain why or why not.
8. List five facts from what you read. Then list 5 of your personal opinions about what you read.
9. Write about a cause and its effect on the main character. Then write about a second cause and its effect on the main character. Then write about a third cause and its effect on the main character. All together, you should have three causes, and three effects.
10. If you could talk to the author, what would you want to tell him or her about yourself? Why? How does that relate to what you have been reading?
11. If you were a character in this book, who would you be? Why?
12. If you were the author, what would you have happening next? Why?
13. In a few sentences, summarize what you have read today.
14. Is the setting described well enough that it can put a picture of it in your mind? Why, or why not?
15. List at least three problems that your character faces. Which one is the most life changing so far? Explain.
16. List the physical characteristics of the main character (clothing, physical features, etc.)
17. List three new vocabulary words from your reading. Copy the sentences from the book and underline the context clues. Then look up the words and copy the definitions. Lastly, explain how the context clues provide hints about the meaning of the words.
18. Pretend that you are a talk show host and two characters are the guests on your show. Which characters would you choose and why? List two questions that you, the host, would ask each character.
19. Pretend you are a famous reporter on TV. Write a story about what you’ve read for the evening news.
20. Pretend you are the friend of one of the characters. Write him or her a letter.
21. Pretend you get to create the music soundtrack for what you’ve been reading. What five songs would you include? Write an explanation for each song. Why would you include it? How does the song connect to events in the book?
22. Pretend that you have magical powers and could put yourself into your reading. Where would you put yourself? Why? How would you being there change the story?
23. Select a quote from your reading that you liked (1-3 sentences long). What made you pick that quote? How does it make you pause and think?
24. Select a quote from your reading passage and respond to it. How did it make you feel?
25. Summarize the book in a way that makes me want to read it!
26. Think of a problem that a character had to face. Write the problem and tell how the character solved it or is working to solve it. If you were that character, what would you do differently?
27. Who is the author? What do you know about the author? What do you imagine the author to be like?
28. Write a quote (1-3 sentences long) from what you are reading that has meaning for you. Explain why you chose this quote.
29. Write a quote (1-3 sentences long) from what you are reading that connects to your life. What did it mean for the book? What does it mean for your life?
30. Write the biography for one character.
